La Boheme PrintIn my carefree poverty I squander rhymes and love songs like a lord A reproduction of the poster for The Royal Ballet's 2009 10 production of La boheme Puccini's enduring opera tells the story of a young group of friends living the bohemian life in Paris. Can the group survive the winter, romance, and illness, or will their carefree lives be torn apart? Performed at the Royal Ballet and Opera, 19 December 2009 11 January 2010. See our selection of

and he immediately felt it would be 'the most extraordinary basis for an opera'

Perhaps no opera is as closely and affectionately associated with a single house as Le nozze di Figaro is with Glyndebourne

I have no hesitation in making this new Trittico the top recommendation

Lighting Design: Jean Kalman

with original designs by Sir Osbert Lancaster

Extra Features: Interview with Christopher Wheeldon and Jasper Conran

Since joining The Royal Ballet in 2014

and we sense every beat of his lonely

Don Quixote (2013)

the Kostelnička

Running time: 494 mins

The Duke: Christopher Saunders